Motor vehicle



J. G. VINCENT.

MOTOR VEHICLE APPLICATION FILED SEPT-7,1917.

1,424,694.- Pat ted Aug. 11, 1922.

2 SHEETS--SHEET I.

ATTORNEY EAQASQI J. G. VINCENT.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. I917.

Patented Aug. L 1922.,

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- ATTORNEY sn'ss r: a. vmcnn'r, or narrow, monre'a n, nssrenonro rnoxnan moron I 'corrranr, or'nn'rnorr, summer, a oonronarron or MICHIGAN.

I iffrziifififia r ,E iieciiloation otiettersPatent. 1' I Patented A it, 11922- application mea'sepambe: 7,1917. serial in. 190,242,

To wll whomitmay-concem: 1 that the ears inxthe-transmis'sion may be 13s it known'that' I Jnssn G. Vmonnr, a easily and quickly shifted; For this purcltlzen of the United states, and residing at pose,v a brake isprovid'ed which is adapted Detroit, Wayne County, State of Michi an, to coactwith the disk '17 of the driven mem- 5 have, invented certain new and'usefulmberioffthe clutch, .As shown; in Figures 1 6o 'provements in Motor. Vehicles, of which the an'd2, the'clutch casingis'provided with a following is aspecification. Q 7 removable covert-19 for the urpose of iv- Thi's. invention relates to motor vehicles ing access to the interior oftiie casing. his and more particularly tothe clutch thereof, cover is formed with a. slot 20 which extends The principal objects of the invention are parallel with the axis 'of the clutch, and a B5 to provide a simple and reliablemeansfor brake su port21 'is suspended "from the retarding or brakin the rotation ,o-f.",'thej cover, 19 y means of a bolt 22 which exv driven clutch mem r when disenga ed tends throu h a central aperture 23 in' the I which can be easily and quickly assemb ed sup ort an the slot in the cover. The 15 or removed'from operative position and to position of the support may be adjusted in provide an improved means for operating a direction' paral e with the axis of the the clutch. Other objects and-novel features, clutch by slidingthe bolt 22 in the slot 20' will be apparent fromthe description taken and clampingitin adjusted position by the in connect on withthedrawings, in which nut 23'. I

I 520 Figure '1isa longitudinal sectional eleva- The 's'upp'ort 21 comprises a flat top '24,

tion through a clutch casing, the clutch bev which is adapted to seat against the underin shown partially 'in' elevation and parsurface of the'cover 19, and a pair of arms tia ly.in section; t Y i 25,-.26 on one side thereof, and a similar Flgure 2 is a transverse. section'alelevaw pair 27, 28v on the othervside. The arms' 25,

at tion, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of 26 ma be reinforced by a web 29 and likewise t e arms 27 ,28 may be strengthened' by Figure 1.; v v v Figure? is alpers ective view of the'prina web: 30. The lower end of the arm's 25,26 cipal parts of t e c utch brake; are formed with aligned bores 31, in which Figure 4 is a side elevation, showing the is slidably mounted the rod32. Ina similar,

t of the levers and links for ,mannera parallel rod'331s slidably mount- 86 ed arran emen actuating the clutch. ed in bores :34 formed 1n the lower ends of Referring tothe drawings, the reference the arms 27,28. These rods- 32,33, which character 10 indicates the clutch ,casing are arranged, parallel w th the axis of the which'at the forward end may be connected clutch project on one slde of the suppgrt at to'the crank caselll of ahydrooarbon motor, and carr ,a non-rotatable brake mem r. to and at'the rearward end may be joinedto This bra e member cons sts of an arcuate the transmism'on casin 12 of-the 'm'otor' backing 35 prov ded w1th a facmg 36 of vehicle. 'The fly whee ,13 of the motor any desired frictlon material. The rods 32 carries a clutch housing14 within which the and 33 are located Just outside of the pe- 40 princi a1 parts of the c utoh may be located. riph'ery of the. d sk and carry the brake Any esired form of clutch ma be used to member so that it 1s located between the connect the fly wheel 13 whic forms the disk and the clutch proper and in the path driving 'member to the shaft-15, which conof movement of the disk when the clutch is stitutes'the driven member. Mounted on 'disenga ed. Thus as the sleeve 16 is moved at the shaft 15 for sliding movement is a sleeve to the right, as viewed in Figure 1, to dis- 16, which carries a disk 17. The sleeve'is engage the clutch, the dlSk 1 W111 contact normally forced toward the 1eft,'as viewed; with the brake member, thereby retard ng in Figure 1 by means of a sprin 18 to thus "and stopping the rotatlon of .the drlven cause the engagement of the 'c utch. For clutch member; In order that this braking to the purpose of throwing the clutch out the action may contlnue, with the dlsengagmg not sleeve 16 is moved to the right as viewed in movement of the clutch, it is necess that Fi ure 1., either the disk 17 .or the brake mem r. he s is well recognized, it'is desirable to mounted for yielding movement. In the prevent spinning of the driven member of drawings. the brake member 1s shown as be- 55 the clutch when the clutch is disengaged so ing mounted for yielding movement in a direction longitudinal of the clutch. For this purpose the rod 32 has a collar 37 secured thereto and a spring 38 is interposed between the collar and the arm 25. In a similar manner the rod 33 has a collar 39 secured thereto, and a spring'40 is interposed between the collar and the arm 28. It will be apparent that the springs 38 and 40 act to resist movement of thebrake member in the disengaging direction of the clutch sleeve 16 to move it towards the right,

:ters Patent is 2- 55 as viewed in Figure 1. F or the purpose of turning this rock shaft, a. pedal, 43 is mounted on-a stub shaft 44,.carried by the clutch casing, and this pedal has connected'thereto for rotation therewith an arm 45. The projecting end of the rock shaft 41 has secured thereto an arm 46, the end of which is formed with a bore 47, and counterb ore48. A link 49 is pivoted, as at 50 to the arm 45 and has a threaded end 51 which projects through. the bore 47 A coil 'spring52 surrounds the link 49 and is interposed betweenashoulder 53 on the link and the arm 46, thecorresponding end of the springbeing seated in the counter bore 48. The

length of the link 49 is adjusted by a thumb nut 54 on the threaded end 51.

i From the foregoing, it will be apparent that when the pedal 43 is depressed the arms 42 on the rock shaft will. be moved in a di rection to disengage the clutch. The spring 52 acts to keep the arms 45, 46 in proper spaced relation and yet permits an easy and quick adjustment by merely turning the thumb nut 54. i

. Although a specific construction has been described, it will be apparent that the details thereof may be greatly varied without de arting from the spirit of the invention.

aving thus described m'y-invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 1. In combination with a clutch casing having a removablejcover, a clutch Within the casing, means for retarding the rotation of the driven clutch member when disengaged including a support removably fastened to said cover, and a brake member mounted .on said support for yielding sliding movement.

2. In combination with. a clutch casinghaving a removable cover atthe top thereof and a clutch therein, .means for retarding the rotation of the driven clutch member when the clutch is disengaged including a' latter is disengaged, comprising a support .carried by the cover, a brake member slidably mounted on said support for movement parallel to the axis of the clutch, a disk rigidly secured to the driven clutch member, adapted to engage the brake member when disengaged and yielding means resisting sliding movement of said brake member, in one direction.

4. In combination a clutch casing, a clutch therein, said. casing having'fa -removable cover, means for retarding the rotation of the driven member of the clutch when the clutch is disengaged, including a. support carried by said cover and having a plurality of arms, parallel spaced rods slidably carried by said arms, a brake member carried by said rods and springs for resisting movementof said brake member in one direo tion.

5. In combination a clutch casing having a removable cover, a clutch within said casing, a. support adjustably secured to said cover, a brake member slidably carried by said support for retarding the rotation of the driven member of the clutch when the clutch is disengaged, and means yieldingly resisting movement of. said member in one direction. 7

6. In combination, a clutch casing having a removable cover, a clutch Within said casing, a support secured to said cover for adjustment in the direction parallel to the axis of the clutch by a pin and slot connection, a member slidably carried by said sup-- port for retarding the rotation of the driven member of the clutch when the clutch is disengaged, and yielding means resisting movement of said member in one direction.

In testimony whereof aflix my signature. 4

JESSE G. VINCENT. 

